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Originally Posted by Canehda
From my experience with Ontario Subaru dealers the dealer is the one who has to present the case to Subaru to get approval like what you said, however a lot rests on the dealer to accurately report the problem and the cause. From what I have been told by a GM of a local toyota dealer, they would prefer not to do warranty work as they get paid a Toyota set rate for the repair, they would much rather use that garage space to charge $100 on an oil change.
Although none of the advertising says that track use is explicitly warranted I have always felt that toyota and subaru simply lacked the real world engagement with the FRS/BRZ as a car to bring to the track that you see from other sports car manufactures. Companies like GM, Ford, Porsche, even Mazda will Track prepare your car if need be, I tried to have my local Subaru dealer do a simple "track inspection" for my car (required for track insurance) and the service advisor warned me that I would forfeit my ability to claim warranty...
I still agree with you that nothing explicitly says that the warranty covers track use, however I think that the definition of abuse which dealers point to should be more clearly defined so that there are no surprises for the consumer  |
Contract laws will tell you that clearly defining such terms is an easy way to put yourself out of business. That's why they leave it open to a case by case determination. The contract would be nearly 1000 pages just on that section.